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Poe, Edgar Allan; Robinson, William Heath [illustrator]
The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe [Endymion Series]
Publisher: George Bell & Sons; The Macmillan, London; New York;
Date of Publication: 1907
Stock Code: 12158
Reprint. Octavo, pp. xxxv, [1], 225, [1]. Frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated title-page in red and black. Heavily illustrated throughout with beautiful full-page plates, decorated titles, head and tail-pieces and illustrations within the text by W. Heath Robinson. Bound in arsenic green publisher’s cloth over boards, decorative tendril design blocked to upper board and spine with gilt titles, printer’s device to lower board, tendril spine decoration and gilt spine titles, top edge gilt, others uncut. Cloth is vibrant, clean and ever so slightly rubbed to spine tips, gilt is bright. Text-block has the odd spot of light foxing to edges and prelims, early 19th century armourial bookplate of one Fallowfield Kipling to front paste-down, else exceptionally clean, bright, and free from annotations or inscriptions. A near fine copy. Exquisite collection of Poe’s gothic poetic work depicted with brooding artwork throughout by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) one of England’s foremost illustrators. A superb example of William Heath Robinson’s early illustrative style, heavily informed by his love of Japanese woodblock printing. From the Endymion series. £250.00